Motorist wins, but don't say a word

So he challenged. The case was deferred. Now Rodgers has gone to Werribee Court, armed with the damning proof that the cameras erred. What happened? In identical fashion to the case of Joan Rowlands (Diary, August 15), Rodgers was gagged.

"I was told I would not be permitted to lead any evidence," he tells Diary. "I couldn't say a word." In fact, Rodgers said that he arrived early for the case and was directed to the prosecutor's office. "I was told that, if I changed my plea to guilty, I would be let off. I felt very uncomfortable about that because I was not guilty. But I was induced to plead guilty so they could let me off. I thought it was a sham."

Let's recap on the Rowlands case last month. Joan Rowlands' husband, Bob, had technical evidence to prove that the speed cameras were wrong due to a timing glitch, confusing their 92 km/h car with a truck overtaking them in the next lane at 110 km/h. The case was deferred to allow the Government to call an "expert witness", but when the case came to Sunshine court there was no expert and that meant Rowlands was prevented from presenting her evidence. As with Rowlands, the case against Rodgers was thrown out.

Joan and Bob Rowlands say that the court became "very twitchy" each time they mentioned the word "camera". Robin Rodgers says: "It was all over in 20 minutes."

As Marcellus says in Shakespeare's Hamlet: Something's rotten in the state of Denmark

I don&#039;t know what the Expert Witness would have done. Did he have to prove that that camera measured the speed of Mr. Rogers was right? A sargeant pulled me over for taking of with 90 Km/Hr, &quot;Which means, 30 Km over the limit. But I will give you only 15 Km./Hr fine.&quot; I said to him: &quot;If I cant&#039; drive over the limit, or can&#039;t take off, with a speed, over the limit, you can&#039;t cut(devide) that extra bit, in half.!&quot; And he said: &quot;I understand you need your licence, so, I will give you only 15 Km/Hr, over the limit.&quot; &quot;No, sir! I want my fine, as you said. 30 over the limit. I heard what you said, and that&#039;s the way I want my fine, to be written.!&quot;But my next question is; &quot;Where is your screen. Where is your evidence, to show me that I was doing that speed.!&quot; &quot;I can&#039;t show that to you now! Come to my office another day, and I will show you than.&quot; I went to his office, Wetherill Park Police Station, and asked for Sargeant Robert Malovic. &quot;He is not in now. Come at 3 P.M. this afternoon.&quot; At three, P.M., I got my taxi from the base, and I was given a job. I contacted the office next day, and asked for Sargeant Malovic, but someone on the phone said: &quot;Sargeant Malovic has gone on holidays for three months.&quot; Rubbish. A sargeant(sergeant) does not go on holidays for three months.I went to Court(Fairfield Court), at which there were some extenctions getting built. So, my case was transferred to Bankstown Court House.I had seen a Legal Aid Solicitor, and she said: &quot;I read your application to see me, but I am only here for Jail Sentences. But I can help you in my this very ofice. What&#039;s your problem.&quot;1- He said, I took off with 30 over, he put down 15 over.2- Police put the date wrong, on my fine(Instead of 24/04/2006, he put 23/04/2006.3- Police put the time wrong. Instead of 00:40(belongs to 24/04/06), he wrote on my fine, 11:50 P.M.(which belongs to 23/04/07).4- He had no screen to show me, to prove that it was true, what he said.5- I had my dashboard to show me my speed, and further more,6- I had PGS in my car, and it also showed me my speed, all the time.7- I had a letter from Infringement Processing Bureau(or SDRO), saying: &quot;We believe that the officer put the date wrong on your fine, but your fine still stands&quot;But Legel Aid Solicitor asked me to plead guilty, since If I plead not guilty, case would be adjourned, I would be brought back, for another day, which is called &quot;Hearing Day&quot;, and the case would be much harder to be dismissed. I asked her: &quot;If I plead guilty, would his Honour Judge listen to me, or would he fine me guilty, straight away?&quot; &quot;Yes he would listen to you.&quot; she said.&quot; and she did not even give me, two choices. &quot;Guilty&quot;, or &quot;Guilty with explenations&quot;. I pleaded guilty with explenations, and I was given,a- No conviction,b- No Points,c- No fines.d- &amp; months probation. About 10-12 days later, I got a letter from R.T.A., and 6 more demerit points were(was) added to my history.1 point left.two weeks later, or something, a police offier pulls me over, after I asked him to drop his hi-beam off(or Hallogen lights, or very strong spot lights), and he said. &quot;Do you remember me?&quot; &quot;What was the name again, sir?&quot; I added.&quot;My name is Malovic!&quot; he said.&quot;That&#039;s enough Sargeant&quot; said I, and carried on &quot;I re-called everything about you. Your name is Sargeant Robert Malovic, and you work at Wetherill Park Police Station. Is that true, Sargeant?&quot; &quot;Yes it is! I was the officer who gave you a fine, last time, for speeding, and instead of paying, yu went to Court.&quot; he said. &quot;Sorry but, it&#039;s you who started raising this subject now, and I tell you why I went to Court, and What happend in Court!a- You cut 30 Km/hr over speeding in 1/2), b- You had no evidence, to show me. c- You put date and time, wrong.That&#039;s why I went to court, and I won the Court, if you want to know. I didn&#039;t have to pay your fine.&quot; &quot;I don&#039;t want to know about it! Give me your Licence&quot; he added.I gave him my licencwe, and he gave me another fine. I went to court, and pleaded guilty with explenations, again. I wanted to get rid of the case, in one day, because, more of the same type of fines were going to be taken to court. In the morning, I only sleep 3 hours, before I have to go to Court. Becaues I work, until 03:00. I was given another Good Behaviour Bond, by court, and no conviction. But later on, I&#039;ve got another letter from R.T.A., telling me that I got another demerit point (the last, remaining point), added to my fine. So, I could only drive, until 12/11/2007. Then, I should stay at home for three months, or I could be given 6 months good behaviour bond, by R.T.A. No, I am thinking to go back to Fairfield Court, and try to Appeal the last Court case, since, it had to be dismissed, rather than, good behavior bond. But I am not sure, If I could go to high court, without solicitor, at all. Could I represent myself in high-court? Thank you. Please tell me what I should do. I Appeal it, or carry on with Good behaviour bond, that I am about to get, from R.T.A.).

Go Ozer, you stay in there man, where would we be without people like you?, I recon you should stop doing the wrong thing and you wouldn't get fined or need to elect to go to court. That way the Sergeants could go on longer holidays and you wouldn't clog the courts with rubbish like this !!

Sounds like there is nothing out of the ordinary in the Australian Justice System, it is still as corrupt as it has always been. Amazing how they can manipulate the system to an outcome that is fair and just for them.Well it&#039;s about time that the people of Australia start fighting back.Thanks again to the Guys at Aussie Speeding Fines.

This is poland in 1939,why do we allow these bastards to rob and bully citizens going about their lawfull buisness,we are sick to death of the lieing propaganda that speed kills, in order to extort hard earned money from decent people and branding them as criminals.this country is run by narrow minded ,thieving bigots that cannot grasp the statistics on traffic safety that they themselves produce.its all about making money,if the australian security services were serious about finding enemys of the people they need look no further

very very interesting!!!!id like to know this..ive just recieved a fine for doing 80 in a 60... in the photo is a 60kmh sign ahead of me.. iv just re driven the road and its 80kmh prior.. on the qld transport road rules site it states a speed restricted zone starts at the nominated sign (in this case 60kmh) and ends at the next sign depicting the next restriction....??? also how far from the kerb line can a camera be set up in qld?

READ THIS ...Spoke to police at camera office.. I said not guilty for 108 in a 100 zone... Because I said not guilty they put you to court (punishment) Went to court judge would not listen to evidence but found case not proven. Vic roads issue 1 point..not happy went to appeal court. case to be heard later this year. 2009 Now got more info and videos of cameras jumping and moving around on their brackets. Experts will be called to prove variety of faults and lack of maintenance..... Big issue for government is 50% of cameras move around on their brackets this destroys their speed calculation. . Take your movie camera to Western ring road and film cameras jumping around in the breeze. The camera movement changes the camera angle and makes the speed calculation completely wrong. (Automatic speed camera calculations include a fixed angle figure as integral part of calculation. (appx 30deg) if the camera moves away from the pre set angle the calculation is null and void ) The cameras are faulty we have to prove this !!!!! What happened to innocent untill proven guilty!!!!.... Lets prove the cameras are faulty and refund the millions of dollars stolen from innocent road users and Mums and Dads going about there business in a legal manner...?? (((Someone needs to look at Wellington road cameras under bridge on east link northbound. this is illegal entrapment.. due to being at the bottom of a long downward gradient and at a busy off ramp where concentration is 100%focused on safe traffic movement not speed. ??? Thats entrapment 100% ))) The bridge bounces too ..

Guys, entrapment isn't a law in Aust. Only the US have entrapment sorry to say...but yeah I think the speed cameras are there to fund the state. They're not there to save lives. If it was to save lives, every time someone sped, they'd lose their licence. End of story. But no, they just take away some of your pay as a slap on the wrist.